The Punished

De: Peter Meredith

Narrado por: Jeffrey Kyle Carpenter

There is no way out.

The house takes them, flies in the web, and won't let them go.

The house is beautiful and silent as a tomb.

There are children at play, pretending to live as their souls are sucked out of them.

There is no way out. The doors are locked and the windows hammered shut.

Some have been there for years, their minds warped into insanity by the fear and pain. Curt is new and can't understand why no one speaks and why the only sounds come from the night. He wonders what it is that comes out of the basement when the sun goes down.

There is no way out until you are cold and stiff.

©2013 Peter Meredith (P)2015 Peter Meredith

Unique twist on a ghost story

I give the author an A for coming up with something unique. I love horror stories, and was intrigued by the description of a foster child living in a weird old house with even weirder foster kids. The book delivers as promised. I am not giving the book 5 stars for several reasons, however. First of all, it moves so slowly, and the narrators voice was so monotonous, it really dragged the whole story down. Second, I found it hard to believe the kids didn't try to team up to overpower the evil in the house. It was an interesting concept, though, that the kids would come up with ways to have their fellow foster brothers or sisters punished instead of being punished themselves.

I also just find the idea of ghosts that can take on a physical form to be too unrealistic.

There were also too many questions about how they all survived, where did they get their groceries, and none of them went to school? And they were having sex in the house and that was ok? But they weren't allowed to talk?

But if you suspend your disbelief, it's a pretty good story and the author does a good job of character development, plot development, backstory, and a plausible ending.

wOw!

if you want the Crap scaried out of yourself. this is a must listen. warning this book has excessive violence. so not for the faint of heart.

Edge of your seat listening

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

The characters within this book will make you run all gametes of your emotions. Wonderfully well written and narrated. I don't recommend listening to this late at night when home alone.

What does Jeffrey Kyle Carpenter bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

OMG...Jeffrey's voice when telling this story made me feel like I would jump out of my skin. This is the first time listening to a book that the person reading it made me feel like creepy crawlies were on me. He did a wonderful job.

A great story to listen to in the dark!

What did you love best about The Punished?

I enjoyed this book from the story line and the way the characters were brought to life.
Even with "The House" being the only setting for the story, you couldn't help but feel for the young kids and their hated foster mother, Mrs. Feanor. She makes anyone look considerably better. Curtis, the main character was fun to root for. And without giving away any of the story, you will thoroughly enjoy this audio book if you like thrillers or scary stories. I found myself waking up the next morning with the covers over my head...no joke. Peter Meredith is a very good author, and I will check out some of his other books in the near future. The narration kept me on edge as well. His voice was fabulous in capturing the voices, especially when The Mouse speaks. That still gives me the willies.

What did you like best about this story?

Just a great scary story without gobs of blood and guts from start to finish. I really love the narrators way of capturing the moment and scaring the %#*# out of me! I will most definitely keep an eye out for all of his future works in the future. He sounds pretty creepy...in a good way. haha

What does Jeffrey Kyle Carpenter bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Its his voice and the way he sets you up before he grabs you by your throat. Seriously more than once I found myself gulping while I listened to it. Honestly, I listened to the last 4 or 5 chapters during the daytime. I had to get some sleep sometime

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I did want to listen to it all at once, yes. Unfortunately I had to go to work. I did draw some similar comparisons from Mrs. Feanor to a co-worker. I'm just saying

Any additional comments?

I don't understand the reviews that weren't highly entertained by this audio book. I guess they don't like this type of story to begin with. But for those of you who enjoy a good old fashioned scare, you will like it a lot.

Good book. Bad narrator.

I enjoyed the characters and story. Author had a good command of tension.

The story telling was severely marred by a narrator who thinks a significant voice needs to be sloooowww. In addition to which he cannot pronounce “especially”. He pronounces it “expecially”. Unfortunately it’s bad enough to jar one out of the story as well as be a word the author uses about 15 times in the book. This makes it worse in the handful of times the narrator pronounces “across” as “acrossed” and “larynx” as “larinix”.